desanimar
Spanish, verb/desaniˈmaɾ/
desanimar is spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desanimar is a Spanish verb meaning “to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo”.
What does desanimar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desanimar
- desanimo first-person present singular
- desanimé first-person preterite singular
- desanimado participle past
- desanimando gerund
- desanimada feminine participle past
- desanimados masculine participle past
- desanimadas feminine participle past
- desanimas indicative informal present
- desanimás indicative informal present
- desanima indicative present singular
- desanimamos first-person indicative plural
- desanimáis indicative plural present
- desaniman indicative plural present
- desanimaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desanimabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desanimábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desanimabais imperfect indicative plural
- desanimaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desanimar?
- /desaniˈmaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.niˈmaɾ]
- [d̪esaniˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desanimar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desanimar in Spanish?
desanimar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).